This recipe has been around forever and ever, and everyone refers to it as something different, i.e., chocolate oatmeal cookies, no-bake cookies, quick cookies, drop cookies, etc. The bottom line? They are one of my all time, hands down, favorite cookies. Actually, for me they are number one, with a bullet. The recipe is from my mom, but I think most moms have this one lurking in their little recipe boxes from the 70's. Here it is, in case you have somehow missed it:
Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
Put in a saucepan:
4 cups sugar
1 cup cocoa
1/2 pound butter
1 cup milk
Bring to a rolling boil, and then cook for two minutes. Then add:
1 cup peanut butter
6 cups oats
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons vanilla
Mix thoroughly, and then drop on wax paper.
I like that recipes from the 1970's did not get flowery with language and/or mince words. Somehow I managed to lift the original typed (and much worn) index card from my mom, and it really does add to the experience. This recipe is obviously pre-Food network, pre-Williams Sonoma and pre-everything else that makes simple cookies pretentious.
Anyrate. These are scrumptious. I have made a vow to myself to only make them once a year (at Christmas time), but I did make an exception this week and make them for Skip's family.
2 comments:
Until recently, I thought these cookies were all you could make! I did always love when you brought these to work! Yum Yum!
Funny... these cookies were all I would make until recently, and I'm sure that's why you thought that! :-). I have had to change that policy and venture into new foods. I would prefer to just stick with these cookies, truth be told!
Now you can make your own!
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